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BGR’s got more rumors about the forthcoming update to the Apple Store iOS app. Apple won’t just be offering self-checkout for accessories at retail stores—it’ll be expanding its in-store pickup operation to a blazing-fast, nationwide program. https://gizmodo.com/report-self-checkout-coming-to-an-apple-store-near-you-5854784 Apparently the future of in-store pickup at retail Apple Stores—already available at some New York and California locations—gets…
Loose-lipped, silver-haired lothario Julian Assange has lost his appeal to stay in the UK, and will be extradited to Sweden to face trial over alleged rape and sexual molestation charges. Assange’s most recent legal case saw him trying to overturn the European arrest warrant that was issued for him over the Swedish sex claims, but…
Google has once again added a stack of new Street View images to its amazing voyeur tool, bringing a selection of the world’s most popular city parks to its database. As you can see from the idyllic portrayal of urban life in the image above, London’s Kensington Gardens is one of the new hotspots now…
The FDA, which regulates medical technology, has long opposed large-scale X-ray machine deployment, arguing that people shouldn’t be irradiated without a direct medical benefit. So how did 250 X-ray “backscatter” scanners, which potentially increase cancer rates, land in American airports? Because the TSA insists they’re safe. As it turns out, The Food and Drug Administration…
Every pomegranate is composed of exactly 840 seeds. To extract every last sweet morsel, you could either spend a half hour picking at the husk with crimson-stained fingers or just knock them clean out of their skin with the ART. The Arils Removal Tool (ART) from the Shoham company comprises a collection cup, grate, and…
You worked damn hard on your Jack-O-Lantern and nobody’s going to make you move it until that pumpkin is a pile of Thanksgiving mush—especially not some infernal squirrel who’s nibbling it for winter sustenance. Luckily, it turns out that the fluffy-tailed vermin despise the scent of strong vinegar almost as much as people do, so…
You’ve got to love the ’30s—a time when when men were men, the economy was only slightly worse off than it is now, and ladies raced about Velodromes with lions for co-pilots. [Jalopnik, British Pathe via BoingBoing] https://jalopnik.com/and-now-your-jalopnik-moment-of-zen-378838 You can keep up with Andrew Tarantola, the author of this post, on Twitter, Facebook, or Google+.
George Lucas can release a thousand new versions of the Star Wars films with as many changes as he can imagine, but nothing will even come close to the sheer brilliance of this French disco/ballet interpretation. From the sparking and blue screen effects that could teach ILM a thing or two about compositing, to the…
There’s no doubt that Kinect has been a huge hit for Microsoft. What was unexpected (to Microsoft, at least) was all the tinkering and hacking that’s been done with Kinect. In this video, Microsoft demonstrates what Kinect will be able to do in the future. Note that the “depictions are visionary” so there isn’t real…
If you’re planning on moving because some paranormal activity chewed up and spat out your dog you might have some extra paperwork to fill out. Some states require that sellers warn buyers about weirdness that could affect property value. Most states require that sellers disclose the physical problems with a property, but in some states…
So much news passes before our collective eyes every day that we couldn’t possibly cover it all. Mostly because much of it isn’t worth covering! But here are a some borderline tidbits we passed on, just in case. The Eatery App: A Pleasant Pocketable Nutritionist You take pictures of your meals anyway; they might as…
Why screw around with one propellor when your personal multicopter can have 16. I cannot wait to hover around my neighborhood making everyone jealous and finding frisbees stuck on roofs. The German e-volo multicopter is the first manned electric multicopter to take flight according to the company. The pilot, Thomas Senkel utilized a hand-held wireless…
In perhaps history’s greatest “I’m not drinking this shit, you drink it” moment, a Japanese member of parliament tried to calm the anxious, angry public by drinking from a Fukushima reactor puddle. Too be he himself says the stunt’s worthless. The politician, Yasuhiro Sonoda, drank a glass of decontaminated water from the lethal pool after…
Apple’s Soho store is currently undergoing renovations which presumably means they’ll be replacing old glass with new glass. Yawn. As slick as Apple stores can be, I’m over it. I want something like Apple’s Covent Garden store in London. Something like this new temporary store in Soho. Exposed brick. Exposed HVACs. It’s raw, rustic and…
The Washington Post has highlighted some of the pieces at a new exhibit in the CIA‘s headquarters in Langley, Virginia. The most striking one is this one: a letter written by Lieutenant Richard Helms on Hitler’s stationery. Dear Dennis, The man who might have written on this card once controlled Europe – three short years…
Weapons are products just as much as a cellphone or condom. They have marketing teams who make advertisements who make people buy weapons. How To Be A Retronaut put up a collection of scanned print ads. Don Draper meets Doomsday. The art of the ads is wonderfully vintage—spanning 1947 to 1974—and illustrates a strange crossroads…
It’s easy to pigeon hole the iPad as a strict content consumption device because it’s just so good at it. But that doesn’t mean you can’t use it to create things either. Codify for iPad is a super slick way to write and run programs on your iPad. What’s it do? It’s an app for…
Since taking over as Apple’s CEO, Tim Cook has kept the company ship steady, successfully orchestrating the iPhone 4S. And though he’s still settling in, the WSJ has a full analysis of his performance thus far, and how that differs from its last boss, Steve Jobs. https://gizmodo.com/steve-jobs-resigns-as-apple-ceo-5834141 Cook has proven to be more of a…
Surgeons will spend about nine hours today separating two-year-old conjoined twins at Stanford. The first hour is preparation. Then the doctors will sever Angelica and Angelina’s shared sternum, but luckily their ribs are not attached. Their hearts are also separate which makes the surgery less complicated than one performed (successfully) by some of the same…
You! You’re full of body heat. Your blood is boiling. Maybe just figuratively. But you’re not just a pile of molecules, you’re throbbing with vitality. This bench by Australian designer Jay Watson shows it to the world. Thermochromatic assprint. It’s a handsome modern bench set, sure, but the thermochromatic coating is why we care. Any…
